PSTN switch off in 2025 - is this a good thing or a bad thing?

GustyGardenGalaxy

As many of you will know, existing landlines will become obsolete in 2025 when the PSTN is switched off, we'll then all need to use mobile phones (if we can get a good signal ..... ) or Voice Over IP.

Does this sound like a good thing or a bad thing to most people? I'm kind of on the fence about it, I can appreciate that technology moves on but I'll miss my landline.

J_B

So ... what happens for us with our landline-only deal with BT and WISP internet?

O.R. are unable to provide fibre

peter_the_piper

Like a lot of people this is the first I've heard of this. Mobile service will need to improve a lot, there are plenty of places with little service on mobiles.

littleboo

In most cases you will still be able to have a landline, it just won't be analogue as it is today. Openreach already offer a low bandwidth data circuit for voice only

Ian011

You will still be able to have a landline phone.
The calls will be delivered to the premises in a digital format, not an analogue signal.
One major disadvantage could be no service during a powercut, unless some way is found to mitigate that.

bengalknights

As above it will be powercuts that cause the most affect.

brewerdave

I'm confused - currently my house is served by copper wire to local cab. ,then copper wires back to exchange. No fibre is currently available. If PSTN is "switched off" are they proposing to install fibre to each home??

JJ_Egan

Yes switch off is after a full rollout .At least that's the intention , but timescale more like 2050 .

Takmon

brewerdave said:

I'm confused - currently my house is served by copper wire to local cab. ,then copper wires back to exchange. No fibre is currently available. If PSTN is "switched off" are they proposing to install fibre to each home??

Why would you need fibre? You can get ADSL internet over copper so no problem at all with VOIP. 

Marvel1

First I heard of it.

mwarby

The copper is staying, at least for the time being, the only thing which is going is the ability to use an analog phone directly attached to that copper.

Most ISPs will be providing a port on the router to plug your phone in to, your phone calls would then be routed over the internet connection